| 4.0 excellent |
| A Great Big Pile of Leaves Pono |
| Aimee Mann Lost in Space |
| Alexisonfire Watch Out! |
| Alexisonfire Crisis |
| Alexisonfire Death Letter |
| Bon Iver Bon Iver, Bon Iver |
| Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago |
| Bon Iver Blood Bank |
| Boygenius boygenius |
| Camp Cope Camp Cope |
| City and Colour Little Hell |
| City and Colour Sometimes |
| Coldplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends |
| Green Day 21st Century Breakdown |
| Wildy ambitious, but falls over itself. Lyrics questionable at times, but also has some of Green Day's best songs - Before the Lobotomy (the only time they've done 7/8!), the Viva La Glorias, Murder City (although both big Letterbomb rip offs). There is big pop cheese factor on here as well with 21 Guns and Last Night on Earth, but I don't mind some cheese. This was a very influential album for me in high school so have a 4. |
| Green Day Warning |
| Green Day Nimrod |
| Jenny Owen Youngs An Unwavering Band of Light |
| Jenny Owen Youngs Batten The Hatches |
| Kate Bush The Sensual World |
| Lorde Pure Heroine |
| Lorde Melodrama |
| Phoebe Bridgers Punisher |
| Phoebe Bridgers Stranger in the Alps |
| Rilo Kiley The Execution of All Things |
| Rise Against Endgame |
| Snow Patrol Eyes Open |
| Stella Donnelly Beware of the Dogs |
| Stella Donnelly Thrush Metal |
| Taylor Swift 1989 |
| The Cranberries Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? |
| The Dear Hunter Act I: The Lake South, the River North |
| The Dear Hunter Act II: The Meaning of, & All Things Regarding Ms. Leading |
| This is an amazingly solid record musically (faves: Bitter Suite 3 and Black Sandy Beaches). But upon re-listening, some of the lyrics are not good (Red Hands), I think Casey has acknowledged this though which is something. |
| Thrice Horizons/East |
| Thrice Palms |
| Yes a lot of this record is mediocre (Only Us, and of course Hold Up a Light). But I found the production more interesting in comparison to TBEITBN, and more standout tracks that I keep coming back to (Beyond the pines, Just breathe). Dustin's simplistic lyrical approach is very hit or miss with this. Perhaps 4 is too high of a rating, but It's mainly fueled by those two songs. A Branch in the River, My Soul, Everybody's Golf and Blood on Blood are great as well, despite some very bland lyrical choices. Personally there is something special about this album for me (maybe because it came out days after a baad breakup). |
